Odéon–Théâtre de l'Europe
In Odéon–Théâtre de l’Europe, what you’re really stepping into is a sequence of theatres repeatedly erased by fire and then rebuilt. The first building on this site—the Salle du Faubourg Saint-Germain—was constructed for the Théâtre Français between 1779 and 1782 to a Neoclassical design by Charles De Wailly and Marie-Joseph Peyre. It opened on April 9, 1782, with Marie-Antoinette at the inauguration, and it hosted the premiere of Beaumarchais’ *The Marriage of Figaro* two years later. That original theatre ended when it burned on March 18, 1799. A second reconstruction was officially named the Théâtre de l’Impératrice after an 1808 design by Jean-François Chalgrin, but it too was lost to a fire in 1818. The third—and present—structure opened in September 1819, designed by Pierre Thomas Baraguay. …
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